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My name is Zachariah Hocker, I have been in education since 2013. I was born and raised in Las Vegas, I grew up on the East side of the valley in Sunrise Manor. I graduated from Las Vegas High School, the College of Southern Nevada, and the University of Nevada Las Vegas. My Masters in Educational Leadership is from Western Governors University.
I have been married to my High School sweetheart since 2010. We share two amazing children, both of whom have attended SLAM! Nevada since its inaugural Elementary School opened. I taught at Las Vegas High School from 2013-2019 and served as the head varsity wrestling coach from 2012-2019. As an athlete at Las Vegas HS I was a back to back state champion in football (2005, 2006) and the 2007, 171 lb State Champion in Wrestling. I was 124-25 in my 4 years of varsity wrestling. As a Coach at Las Vegas HS, I helped coach back to back state title teams (2010, 2011) and have been a part of 16 individual state champions. My Head coaching dual record was 149-40 from 2012-2019. I coached the UNLV Wrestling team in its inaugural season (2018) and helped get our Universities first and second Mountain West Champions since 1984. We qualified 5 to the NCWA Nationals that season, and were voted UNLV Team of the Year. Since joining the SLAMily in 2020, I have served with Coach Jake Rollans in coaching our SLAM! Nevada Wrestling Team. Together we have compiled an overall dual record of 85-3 and have been undefeated vs Nevada opponents. We are also Back-to-Back-to-Back (3Peat) 5A Nevada State Champions (2022, 2023, and 2024) with a total of 25 Individual State Champions since becoming NIAA Eligible in 2020. Our 2022-2023 Varsity team was also awarded the “Team of the Year” by The Las Vegas Sun Newspaper. We continue to focus on improvement as we strive to be ranked in the Top 50 in the country. |